Torey Krug expected to play in Montreal; Adam McQuaid out

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 -- Steve Conroy

WILMINGTON — About an hour before practice, Torey Krug hit the Ristuccia Arena ice and practiced some stops and starts under the watchful eye of trainer Don Del Negro. Whatever had been ailing Krug enough for him to miss practice on Tuesday had apparently subsided because Krug later joined his teammates for the full practice and will travel with them to Montreal for tomorrow night's game against the Canadiens.

"It was good to get a nice couple of days of rest and get back at it today and skate areound, move a bit. It was good," said Krug.

Krug said he was still waiting to hear from the coaching staff to find out whether he would be playing or not, but coach Claude Julien didn't give any indication that Krug wouldn't be able to play.

"You saw him out there. He's fine. Those couple of days really helped him out," said Julien.

Adam McQuaid, however, will not make the trip, said Julien. He remained off the ice with the re-aggravation of the lower body injury.